LONG VS. SHORT NECKS 



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It may be, that, to gratify this taste of the American 

 for a lively stepper and a "bit chain per," the breeders, 

 in some cases, have 

 produced a draft - 

 horse with too long 

 a neck and too slant- 

 ing a shoulder. A 

 distinguished im- 

 porter and breeder 

 once said to me: 

 " The ' toppy ' horses 



sell, but the short- 

 necks, while less 



stylish, wear best." 

 It is probable that 



the Belgian has lit- 

 tle or no admixture 



of "hot blood." He 



certainly has quite 



as many of the true 



draft points as have 



the two breeds so 



largely admired. The 



illustrations of the 



best horses of the 



breed show a larger 



horse than the 



Clyde; the neck is 



shorter, the breast wider, and the whole body -formation 



more blocky than is usually seen in the Clydesdales, and 



he has less feather than the Clyde. 



Jj'lG. 4:5. BriliUtit Du Hasquet. 

 Owned by Hmivv Lefebure, Fairfax, Iowa 



